Re: Global Protect new Linux UI

I'm running Ubuntu 19.10.

The GUI runs.. but, depending on the day, there are between 3 and 10 copies in the tray.. one process for each.. I have to click through each one as only one actually works. All others ask to enter a portal address.

Re: Global Protect new Linux UI

@gfowlerI have the same multiple copies in the tray issue. I'm using Kubuntu 19.10 and see that. I just toggled a setting in KDE to not restore my previous session to see if that'll help. I'll be rebooting in a little bit to test the theory out.

Re: Global Protect new Linux UI

I've run into this issue as well. I haven't figured out what's causing it yet but I'm sure replacing the startup command with an strace command will shine a light on that. The quick and dirty fix for this is to create a shell script that runs the following:

ps aux | grep PanGPU[I] | grep -v '-session ' | xargs kill

This will basically kill off any PanGUI process that isn't tied to your desktop session.

Re: Global Protect new Linux UI

So far, I've found two solutions.

1. Disable Session Restore completely. The core problem appears to be with the previous PanGPUI sessions being restored. But every time you reboot, an additional session is added. Thus the first boot gives one PanGPUI.. the second reboot gives two and so on..

OR

2. Exclude PanGPUI from session restore.

additionally, adding "X-KDE-autostart-phase=2" to the autostart file for PanGPUI appears have positive effects as well.. For me, this was installed under /etc/xdg/autostart/

Searching the apps button for 'session' yields Desktop Session app. Opening that gives me the options to "start with an empty session", as well as the "Applications to be excluded from sessions" text field (add PanGPUI)

Re: Global Protect new Linux UI

Warning: this will overwrite anything you have for that key already. it'll also remove any comments in your ksmsserverrc file. This is a PER-USER change as is. (you could create an override in /etc/xdg with the same effect for all users.

Or... manually:

kcmshell5 kcmsmserver

And either selecting "Start with an empty session", use "Restore manually saved session" (that doesn't have PanGPUI in it already), or if using "Restore previous session", specify: "PanGPUI" in the field titled "Applications to be excluded from sessions:"